HC Deb 14 May 1990 vol 172 cc322-3W
Mr. Worthington

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to his answer of Tuesday 8 May, what considerations lead him to regard information about the number of placements with particular placement providers as commercially confidential.

Mr. Lang

Details of YTS and employment training placements are the subject of commercial contracts between the firms or organisations offering placements and managing agents or training managers. My right hon. and learned Friend is not a party to such contracts and he is therefore not at liberty to divulge the contents of these contracts without the consent of the contracting parties.